ORGANISERS of the home produce, arts and crafts section say they were ‘inundated’ with entries at this year’s Nantwich Show.

“We had about 270 entries,” said secretary Heather Woodward. “In my 21 years doing this, it was the highest number of entries.”

Mrs Woodward said she believes the category attracted so many entrants because a lot of work went into promoting it.

“We put a tremendous amount of effort into promoting it” she said. “We had a stall on Nantwich Square. There are so many new people in Nantwich now who don’t even know about the show and some people think because it’s connected to farming they’re not allowed to enter.”

One of this year’s successes was 17-year-old Becky Stockton, of Wistaston.

Becky, who is doing an Arts and Design BTec course at South Cheshire College, was the winner in the novelty cakes section with her Shrek cake.

“It has a sponge inside and then butter cream so the icing can stick,” she said.

Becky has been making cakes for a number of years.

Last year she picked up a third prize at the show for her novelty cake.